Improv Quilts - Laura Loewen

Laura Loewen’s Improv Quilts is a paperback quilting book from Search Press that explores a more intuitive approach to quilt-making through colour, shape and creative piecing. Written by award-winning quilter Laura Loewen, it is designed to help confident beginners build skills while also offering fresh inspiration for more experienced quilters.

Across 128 pages, Laura Loewen shares her own working methods, from sketches and fabric play to painterly colour movement, alongside detailed guidance on essential techniques. The book includes 10 step-by-step quilt projects that build skills as you progress, with colour illustrations, practical prompts for original work, and colouring sheets to help plan colour schemes before cutting into fabric.

Key features

• Paperback format
• 10 step-by-step quilt projects
• Techniques include harmonious colour schemes, value sorting, ruler-free cutting and working with curves
• Guidance on quilting essentials including basting, quilting and binding
• Confidence-building prompts for developing your own improv quilts
• Colouring sheets for planning colour schemes on paper
• Colour illustrations throughout

Specifications

• Author: Laura Loewen
• Subtitle: Building confidence in color and technique
• Pages: 128
• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 10 January 2025
• ISBN: 9781800921726

Dimensions

216 x 280 x 8 mm

Rackhams Reference : CSE8SQ38LC